Snap-hook



(No Model.) H. E. KELLEY. SNAP HOOK.

NO. 430.857. PatentedJune 24. 1890.

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NITED' STATES PATENT Orrrcn0 HARRY E. KELLEY, OF NIAGARA FA'LLS,ASSIGNOR TO THE ON'EIDA COM- MUNITY, (LIMITED,) OF KENVVOOD, NEXV YORK.

SNAP-HOOK.

SPEGIFICATION formingvpart of Letters Patent NO. }.$?O,8..'3'7, datedJune 24, 1890.

Application filed March 24, 1890.

To all whom, it may conce'n:

e it known that I, HARRY E. KELLEY, of Niagara Falls, in the county ofNiagara, in the State of New York, have invented new and nsefulImprovements in Snap-Hooks, of which the following, taken in connectionwith theaccompanying drawings, is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to the class of snaphooks in which the hook andits shank, which together I term the body, are formed of sheet metal andcorrugated transversely to stiffen the same.

The present invention consists in an improved construction of a tuhularsheet-metal snap-hook body designed more particularly for use on ahit-ching` strap or rein of a har- -ness and for analogous purposes.

The invention is fully illnstrated in the annexed drawings, in which-Figure 1 is a side view of a snap-hook embodying my improvements. Fig. 2is a face View of the same. Fig. 3 is an enlarged transverse section 011line x oc, Fig. 1; and Fig. 4 is a longitudinal section on line y y,Fig. 2.

imilar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

ct and ct' represent two strips of sheet metal, which are corrugated orformed conoaVo-convex in cross-section throughout the main portion oftheir lengths, and preferably with laterally-projecting flanges c calong the edges of said main portions. The end portions of said stripsare flattened or laterally straight, and one end portion of each is bentlongitndiually into the shape of the hook. h, while the other endportions are comparatively straight to form the integral attaching-shankof the snap-hook. Said strips are disposed with their concave sidesfacing each other and with the flanges c c and end portions of the twostrips in contact with each other, and are rigidly united at their endsby rivets rr and r' passing through the two strips ct cL'. The rivetsrr, which pass through the broad end portions of the metal strips, Ialso utilize for securing to the shank cl the snap or spring plate s,which bears with its free end against the inner side of the free end ofthe hook h in the usnalmanner. The hroad end Serial No. 345.110. (Nomodel.)

of the shank (1,1 provide with a laterallyelongated loop Z for theattachment of the snap-hook to a strap. This loop I preferably form of awire bent into the requisite shape, and I secure the same to the shankcl of the snap-hook by forming the broad end portions of the metalstrips ct a' with transverse grooves e e in their adjacent sides andpassing one of the long portions of the loop Zthrough said grooves. Tofurther insure the rigid connection of the loop to the shank (Z, Icur'vc the central portions of the grooves e e from the end of theshank, as shown at e', and bend the loop accordingly, so as to allow itto lie in the grooves throughout the length thereof, the loop beinginserted before the metal strips a a' are united, and an additionalrivet z' inserted in the two metal strips between the curved centralportionof the aforesaid grooves and end of the shank d.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is- 1 l. The improved tubular snap-hook composed oftwo separate strps of sheet metal corrugated in cross-section throughontthe main portions of their lengths and terminating with transverselystraight end portions, said strips being disposed with their concavesides facing each other, and united by rivets through the fiat endportions and bent longitudinally into the hook shape at one end andterminated with an integral straightand transversely-flat shank at theopposite end, and a Spring-plate rigidly Secured to said shank andbearing with its free end 011 the inner side of the end of the hook, allcon-- strncted and combined substantially as described and shown.

2. As an improved article of mannfacture, a snap-hook body composed oftwo strips of sheet metal rigidly united and formed with transversegrooves in the adjacent sides of the shank, a wire loop passing throughsaid grooves, and a rivet passing through the said metal strips betweenthe inclosed wire loop and end of the snap-hook shank, and the Snapattached to said shank, as set forth.

3. The within-described snap-hook body, composed of two strips of sheetmetal corrugated in cross-section throughout the main ICO portions oftheir lengths and terniinated With grooves and end of the shank, and thesnztp transversely strztight end portions, said strips attached to saidshank, suhstantially as debeing rigidly united with their eoneave sidesseribed and shown.

facing each other and having the ztdjaeenft In testimony Whereof I havehereunto 5 sides of the end portions of the shztnk formed signed my nmnethis 14th dztyof March, 1890. 15

with transverse grooves eurved at then' oen- HARRY E KELLEY [L S tersfrom the end of the shank, a. Wire link passing through the saidgrooves, and a. rivet XNTtnesses:

passing through the metal Strips between the F. I. PIERCE, Io eurvedcentral portions of the aforesaid S. J. DEVLIN.

